Description
Implementing Cisco Data Center Network
Infrastructure 1 (DCNI-1) v2.0 is a five-day, data center-oriented
course. The course starts with an overview of current data center
trends, the evolution of data centers, and how to position available
Cisco platforms for access, aggregation, and core layers of the data
center.
The course content is primarily focused on the Cisco
Catalyst 6500 Series Switches, Cisco Catalyst 4900 Series top-of-rack
switches, and, to a lesser degree, Cisco Blade Switches.
The course describes the hardware and software
options for the Cisco Catalyst 4900 Series Switches, and considers
platforms in the context of a data center network. Next, a detailed
discussion on Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch hardware and software
architecture follows, focusing on the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch
chassis, power supply, supervisor engine, line cards, and service
module options. A new Virtual Switching System (VSS) functionality and
configuration steps on how to deploy it are described. Then different
features are discussed, with focus on the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series
Switch—the Cisco IOS modularity, quality of service (QoS) policy
options and deployment, NetFlow, Cisco IOS Embedded Event Manager
(EEM), Automated Diagnostic Tools, Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN),
Remote SPAN (RSPAN), and Encapsulated RSPAN (ERSPAN).
Since security is a vital part of the Data Center
network, the course continues with the description of the Cisco
Catalyst 6500 Series Firewall Services Module (FWSM), hardware and
software architecture, available features such as address translation,
transparent versus routed mode, management and traffic control options,
device virtualization with contexts, routing deployment, failover, and
deep packet inspection functionality.
Network monitoring is also seen as an important part
of data center network policy. Thus, the course gives an overview of
network monitoring—the benefits of and reasons to deploy network
monitoring. The course describes Network Analysis Module (NAM) hardware
and software architecture, the steps to provide initial configuration,
and the data center-oriented NAM usage cases and configuration.
The course concludes with a discussion on high
availability, focusing on Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), Virtual
Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP), and Gateway Load Balancing Protocol
(GLBP) first-hop failure solutions, and Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series
Switch supervisor redundancy options—namely, Route Processor Redundancy
(RPR), Route Processor Redundancy Plus (RPR+), Stateful Switchover
(SSO), and SSO with Nonstop Forwarding (NSF).
The goal of the DCNI-1 curriculum is to enable
customers to build scalable, reliable, and intelligent data center
networks using Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches equipped with FWSM
and NAM service modules, Cisco Catalyst 4900 Series Switches, and Cisco
Blade Switches. Objectives
Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:
- Describe the Cisco Catalyst 6500 and 4900 Series Switches, as well
as Cisco Blade Switch family hardware options, data center
architecture, and Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch advanced
configuration, management, and maintenance features
- Identify and implement traffic flows, including FWSM routed
and transparent modes, supervisor-based packet acceleration, and
FWSM-PISA integration
- Describe NAM hardware, implement initial configuration, and use Cisco NAM to monitor network traffic
- Describe and deploy high-availability features in the data center
Prerequisites
The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this course are as follows:
- Cisco CCNP®, or Cisco CCIE® Routing & Switching, or CCIE Service Provider, or equivalent experience
- Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI) v3.0
- Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN) v3.0
- Optimizing Converged Cisco Networks (ONT) v1.0
- Implementing Secure Converged Wide Area Networks (ISCW) v1.0
Who Should Attend
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
- Channel partner resellers
The secondary audience for this course is as follows:
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